Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCG590033

LINCOLNTON WTP, Lincolnton, NC: NPDES NCG590033 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

LINCOLNTON WTP, held by City of Lincolnton, holds NPDES permit NCG590033. EPA’s file records it issued May 12, 2020 and expiring July 31, 2024.

LINCOLNTON WTP, Lincolnton, North Carolina: Coverage under a general permit NCG590033, held by City of Lincolnton; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 12, 2020, term to July 31, 2024.

Turbidity: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Duration of discharge: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by City of Lincolnton

CITY PARK, Lincolnton: NCC252406, issued August 13, 2025
LINCOLNTON PSC, Lincolnton: NCC260314, issued February 23, 2026
LINCOLNTON WWTP, Lincolnton: NCG110134, issued June 1, 2023
CITY OF LINCOLNTON, Lincolnton: NCL025496, issued January 1, 2021

LINCOLNTON WTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 38 discharge permits in the Lower Long Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501020603), NCG590033 among them. Its county holds 29, 0 of them major permits; NCG590033 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Long Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501020603)

2100 GASTON CENTER COURT, Gastonia: NCC232384, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
A & D PRECAST, Lincolnton: NCG070250, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2028
APPLE CREEK CORPORATE PARK, Gaston County - Unincorporated: NCC212514, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
AVERY CREEK, Gastonia: NCC250655, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
BURKE ESTATES, N/A: SCR10ZA9R, minor permit, permit term to April 18, 2027
CAROLINA CURB & GUTTER, Dallas: NCC222852, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
CHESPARK DRIVE INDUSTRIAL, Gastonia: NCC242149, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
DALLAS - SMALL MS4, Dallas: NCS000393, minor permit, permit term to February 19, 2022
DALLAS INFILL LOTS PHASE 1, Dallas: NCC260650, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
DAVIS HILLS, Town Of Dallas: NCC220305, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029

Identity

Facility as filed	LINCOLNTON WTP
Permittee as filed	City of Lincolnton
NPDES ID	NCG590033
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	May 12, 2020
Expiration date	July 31, 2024
Address	Lincolnton, NC 28093
Subwatershed	Lower Long Creek (HUC 030501020603)
SIC	4941 – Water Supply

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
1With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind
Turbidity	1	1
pH	2	0
Solids, total suspended	2	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	0
Chlorine, total residual	1	0
Duration of discharge	1	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES NCG590033.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NCG590033.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NCG590033.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES NCG590033.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit NCG590033 for the LINCOLNTON WTP in Lincolnton, NC, held by the City of Lincolnton, with a status of administratively continued and a discharger class of minor. The facts list 6 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, 1 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.